..and what about in, say, 15 years time when he’s a nobody and is still paying $14,000 a month? You’re also assuming that he won’t be spending anything on the child outside of the money he pays to the mother in child support.

Er, that’s why he’s already paying £10,000 (nearly $14,000) a month to her in child support (for the next 18 years). That’s nearly $3 million in total.